Boob tube (PW) television set What is on the boob tube tonight? (MW) television (Urbandictionary) A slang term for television. “Parents complain about the quality of the shows but don't prevent their children from gluing themselves to the boob tube” (David Owen) (thefreedictionary) n Slang 1. (Clothing & Fashion) a close-fitting strapless top, worn by women 2. Austral a strapless, boneless, shapeless brassiere made of a stretch fabric 3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) Chiefly US and Canadian a television receiver (dictionary) – noun Informal. 1. television. 2. a television set. Origin: 1965–70; rhyming coinage, from the notion that television programming is foolish, induces foolishness, or is watched by foolish people |